N'Gannou vs Velasquez

Who won N’Gannou vs Velasquez?

Francis NGannou beat Cain Velasquez by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 1, on Sunday 17th February 2019 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

N’Gannou vs Velasquez stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Cain Velasquez made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Cain Velasquez's came in at 12-3-0.

The stats suggested Velasquez had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 86% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a massive advantage over Velasquez, boasting a 33% submission rate over Velasquez's 0%.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou had a height advantage of 3 inches over Velasquez. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 years and 1 month later than Velasquez, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 36 to Velasquez's 31.

N’Gannou vs Velasquez form

Francis NGannou had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Previous to that, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Stipe Miocic at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had beaten Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

He had defeated Andrei Arlovski at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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